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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Lynn and Michael Wright are celebrating 50 years of |
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marriage in 2019, and this joyous milestone provides a fitting |
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opportunity to reflect on their memorable journey together as |
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husband and wife; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Riverside, Illinois, the former Mary Lynn |
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Snodgrass moved to Iowa as a child and graduated from Burlington |
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Community High School; she earned her bachelor's degree in lower |
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elementary education at the University of Northern Iowa and went on |
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to teach school in Iowa and Texas for a number of years, touching |
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the lives of many Texas students before retiring; and |
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WHEREAS, Michael Joseph Wright is a native of Mount Pleasant, |
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Iowa, and a graduate of Mount Pleasant Community High School; he |
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received his degree in history from the University of Northern Iowa |
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in 1969 and completed his studies at Rutgers University's Eagleton |
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Institute of Politics; after serving as a combat helicopter pilot |
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in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, he worked for Hoffmann-La |
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Roche, a multinational pharmaceutical company, for 37 years; he has |
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served as senior director of government affairs for the Texas |
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Pharmacy Association, as well as executive director for the Texas |
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Pharmacy Business Council; and |
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WHEREAS, Both husband and wife have actively fund-raised for |
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Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin and have |
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endowed two memorial scholarships at their alma mater; Mr. Wright |
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is also a founding member of the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans |
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Monument Committee, and he has variously served on the Dean's |
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Advisory Council for the University of Houston College of Pharmacy |
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and on the executive boards of such organizations as the National |
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Governors Association and the American Legislative Exchange |
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Council; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Wright's half-century-long union is |
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made all the more remarkable by the fact that they have exchanged |
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wedding vows twice; they first wed in 1969 and divorced after a |
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year, but the strength of their love soon led them to remarry; their |
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second marriage has lasted an extraordinary 49 years, providing |
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living proof of the words sung by Frank Sinatra, "Love is lovelier |
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the second time around"; the couple's lives have been further |
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enriched by their daughter, Nicole Lynn Wright; and |
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WHEREAS, The enduring union shared by Lynn and Michael Wright |
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is an inspiration to all who know them, and it is indeed a pleasure |
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to join in congratulating this esteemed couple as they commemorate |
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five decades as husband and wife; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Lynn and Michael Wright on their |
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50th wedding anniversary and commend them for their many personal |
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and professional achievements; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Wright as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1698 was adopted by the House on May |
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24, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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